Class, Inequality & Oppression

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! The Killer’s Henchman Capitalism and the Covid-19 Disaster bar	Summer 2021, the novel coronavirus is scything through populations worldwide. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announces the Covid-19 pandemic will end “when the world …	Stephen Gowans	280	2022	View
From NEW! The Lame One From: This Has Always Been a War View Arsenal Pulp Press	In “The Lame One” the author reflects on their life back in the Yukon at the age of 35. Discussing their recovery from severe poverty, alcohol abuse, mental health episodes, …	Lori Fox	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From The Long Struggle for Status From: Essential Work Disposable Workers View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter is an effort to convey the urgency of permanent status for migrants. The chapter examines the campaigns of self-organized migrants who have constructed communities of struggle that …	Mostafa Henaway	16	2023	$1.60 Add
From The Moving Picture of Incomes From: The Age of Increasing Inequality View James Lorimer and Company	Inequality of annual incomes is like a snapshot of inequality, which only captures part of the moving picture of our fluctuating incomes. Lifetime income depends on career progression and whether …	Lars Osberg	20	2018	$2.00 Add
From NEW! The moving picture of incomes From: The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author analyzes the meaning of statistics about disparities in income and what they actually say about economic inequality and well-being in Canada. He points out that the …	Lars Osberg	22	2024	$2.20 Add
From The Policy Challenge From: Health and Wealth View James Lorimer and Company	Public policy proposals for Canada at the turn of the 21st century that would improve the overall levels of health of the population, and reduce illness and disease, by focusing on the social and …	Monica Townson	36	1999	$3.60 Add
From The Politics of Power A Wonton Attack on a Citizen's Reputation From: Divided View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter sets out to preserve a story that needs to be documented. Officials within the Saskatchewan government improperly accessed files containing unconfirmed allegations about a citizen, …	William (Bill) Bonner	12	2021	$1.20 Add
The Power Manual How to Master Complex Power Dynamics New Society Publishers	Liberate yourself by understanding and mastering power dynamics All social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps …	Cyndi Suarez	195	2018	View
From The Resistance From: Resistance and Renewal View Arsenal Pulp Press	People rarely comply fully and easily to the introduction of oppression. Native children also produced counter-cultures in their resistance to the oppressive system which was Kamloops Indian …	Celia Haig-Brown	27	1988	$0.54 Add
From The River We are In Anti-Poverty Struggle Continues From: Fight to Win View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter summarizes the activist value of the power of disruption as the Ontario Coatilition Against Poverty, with a staff of two, contended with Toronto’s resources and staff of …	A. J. Withers	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From The Role of the State From: How Societies Work View Fernwood Publishing		Joanne Naiman	26	2012	$4.16 Add
NEW! The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada	There are more billionaires than ever in Canada – and they are capturing an ever-growing share of the country’s wealth. Meanwhile 90% of Canadians are steadily losing ground. …		288		View
From The Shuswap Response to Colonialism From: Victims of Benevolence View Arsenal Pulp Press	Despite strong opposition, the Shuswap people were forced to adopt the colonial way of living. They were pushed out of their home and discouraged to practice sacred rituals. Ultimately, in 1891, …	Elizabeth Furniss	24	1992	$0.48 Add
From The “Situated Knowledge” of Helpers From: Experiencing Difference View Fernwood Publishing		Elizabeth McGibbon	15	2012	$1.65 Add
From The Social Construction of Ideas and Knowledge From: How Societies Work View Fernwood Publishing		Joanne Naiman	24	2012	$3.84 Add
From The Social Emergency Room From: Beyond Shelters View	Describes how the medical emergency model is being used to treat the social emergency a homeless person faces; triaging newly homeless people and helping them reconnect to housing and services in …	Michel Simard	12		$1.20 Add